LOL, that reminds me of a scene I read about in “Colder Than Hell” about the Chosin Reservoir campaign, and a 6’5” Lieutanant (Joseph Owen) wanted to duck to the ground under fire, but he was near a Chinese American officer (Chew-En Lee) who probably stood a foot shorter than him, and had a habit of bravery in the face of fire that others thought insane, even as he wore large multicolored panels over his shoulders (that were used to help identify his troops as friendly to pilots providing air support) because he thought it helped his own troops to recognize him better, and that was important to him.
Chew-En Lee had a chip on his shoulder about being an Asian Marine officer, and felt he had to show leadership to prove he was as good as anyone.
Lt. Owen and Chew-En Lee were standing in the open with fire popping the dirt all around him, and Owen wanted to hit the dirt in the worst way, but Chew-En Lee was just adamant about standing there with those bright panels draped all over him...:)
So he stood there too, all 6’5” of him bent at an angle ready to dive to the deck but..unable to.